On the twenty-fourth of April it was resolved that the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be, and hereby are absolutely forbidden to fire upon or otherwise injure any Seamen belonging to the Navy, under the command of Admiral [Samuel] Graves, unless fired upon by them, until the said inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden receive orders from this Committee, or the General of the Provincial Forces, so to do:

Resolved, That the Resolve of the twenty-fourth instant, respecting the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden, be reconsidered, and ordered that it be immediately remanded; also,

Resolved, That the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be hereby desired to put themselves in the best state of defence, and exert the same in such manner, as, under their circumstances, their judgment may direct.